Liverpool fans say Arne Slot made a ‘terrible’ decision in Aston Villa draw

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Liverpool were held to a 2-2 draw by Aston Villa in Wednesday night’s Premier League clash at Villa Park.

Mohamed Salah opened the scoring in the 29th minute, firing home following good work from Diogo Jota.

However, Youri Tielemans equalised on 38 minutes when Liverpool failed to clear their lines from Aston Villa’s free-kick.

Ollie Watkins then put Villa ahead in first-half injury time when he headed home from Lucas Digne’s cross from the left.

Trent Alexander-Arnold equalised for Liverpool in the 61st minute after exchanging passes with Salah before firing in off Tyrone Mings.

Liverpool had to settle for a share of the spoils and some Reds fans felt manager Arne Slot made a rare bad decision in the match.

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Liverpool fans didn’t want Trent Alexander-Arnold taken off against Aston Villa

Liverpool fans felt Slot should not have taken Alexander-Arnold off in the 66th minute, as he had been playing so well.

One fan wrote on X: “Slot bringing off Trent is a terrible decision imo, been literally one of our best players.”

Another said: “Arne Slot what the hell you are doing you taking off our best player today TAA.”

The criticism kept coming, with one fan writing: “Trent off for Bradley. Seriously. He’s been our best threat going forward. Bewildered!”

Another said: “Of all the games you take Trent off? I think this is the one he’s played the best in.”

Another wrote: “Subbing off Trent is a wrong choice for me, one of his best performances this season.”

And another said: “Subs today were a shambles.

“Brought Diaz on too late, Nunez slowed our attack down and Trent was one of our best players today although just back from injury, but got subbed off for Bradley.”

How Trent Alexander-Arnold fared against Aston Villa

Alexander-Arnold was in great form against Villa. Not only did he score, but he also chipped in with a number of clearances and one tackle.

Alexander-Arnold also found the target with five of his seven long balls and one of his two crosses, and 37 of his 43 passes found the target.

The Liverpool star was given the hard task of trying to keep tabs on Lucas Digne and Marcus Rashford in the first half and couldn’t do much going forward.

However, he saw more of the ball after the break, culminating in the goal that ended up putting Liverpool eight points clear at the top of the table.

Liverpool are next in action on Sunday when they head to Manchester City in the Premier League.